Has anyone seen this delightfully frightening and gruesome short film written by Salvador Dali in 1929? I had the "pleasure" of seeing it a day or two ago, and while it is truly a work of art, I must say, I don't think anyone's ever captured anything more surreally gruesome on film.

If you wish to see what I'm talking about, click here: according to retrocrush.com, it's the sixth scariest scene ever captures on film, and it's hard to argue with that.

Now don't get me wrong, I think it's great that artists expose something extremely disturbing with the purpose of sending a message. For instance 'Platoon', and 'City Of God' are very disturbing movies, but both movies were meant to show the extreme reality of violence in order to make a stand against it. Now showing something disturbing just for the sake of shocking an audience is something that I just don't get. When I was in college we were asked to go to this modern art gallery in NYC to make a report on the work of some artist. Only to find sculptures of kids having sex with animals or eating their feces. Now, I don't know if it's supossed to send a message, because I tried really hard to find anything substantial about it, and I didn't find ANYTHING. Neither did my classmates.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Brandon wrote: [/QUOTENAME]... and now the "best you can offer is Mr. Jingles? HA! He's... just pathetic.[/QUOTE]

I never have seen Platoon all the way through, but City of God was excellent. Any excessive violence was quickly forgotten by me thanks to the extremely positive and uplifting ending. The documentary on the UK disc is very sad though.

Haven't seen 'Un Chien' but I did have the pleasure of viewing 'Landmarks of Early Film' the other day, which includes "A Trip to the Moon", part of which was used in the 'Heaven For Everyone' video. If anyone knows what the other film is (the color part with the sun and the train) I'd love to know...

Haven't seen 'Un Chien' but I did have the pleasure of viewing 'Landmarks of Early Film' the other day, which includes "A Trip to the Moon", part of which was used in the 'Heaven For Everyone' video. If anyone knows what the other film is (the color part with the sun and the train) I'd love to know...

"A Trip To The Moon" was the inspiration for the 'Smashing Pumpkins' video "Tonight Tonight".

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Brandon wrote: [/QUOTENAME]... and now the "best you can offer is Mr. Jingles? HA! He's... just pathetic.[/QUOTE]

Well, surrealism ain't for everyone. It's one of those love-it-or-hate-it things.

I myself am a horror flick buff, and it's been a long time since I saw a movie that gave me the pleasure of being shocked. I had heard about the scene in UCA and therefore was not particularly shocked, but man, there is something about eyeball trauma that causes most people to recoil, and I'm no exceptions:

Other scenes that have shocked me/come close:

-The gut-puking scene in Gates of Hell. That poor actress had to swallow sheep intestines to make it work. -The scene in The Exorcist where Linda Blair does unspeakable things with a cross. -The bear scene in The Shining - what the FUCK? -The hobbling scene in Misery. AAAUUUUGH. -The "secret" scene in The Crying Game. Anyone who has seen the movie knows what I am talking about, and if you haven't seen it, I urge you to. -The white-pin sequence in I Bury The Living. Chilling more than shocking. -The entire damn movie of The Shining. God, I love that movie.